tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264881409789872629.post799000784944956396..comments2024-03-28T18:16:41.746-04:00Comments on Data Driven Gamer: Game 42: Video Pinball and the road to AsteroidsAhabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04131989140638867919noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264881409789872629.post-15578417054750685572019-02-28T21:24:58.149-05:002019-02-28T21:24:58.149-05:00I don't know if this will interest you at all,...I don't know if this will interest you at all, but a YouTuber named "Code Bullet" wrote an AI to play asteroids.<br /><br />What is interesting to me about this is that the AI found a completely new way to play the game by constantly spinning and precisely applying thrust. Here is a link: <br /><br />https://youtu.be/1o4naC4P8-MERobertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10100273633659655294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264881409789872629.post-79763593413477656922019-02-07T15:43:24.242-05:002019-02-07T15:43:24.242-05:00The dedicated "Video Pinball" consoles d...The dedicated "Video Pinball" consoles did play pinball games. There's two different versions of the console, one woodgrain and one white, both of which have two simplisticand blocky pinball tables, a Breakout game, two weird mixes of the two where you play on the pinball tables with pinball rules and scoring, but with a Breakout paddle and Breakout physics, and a "basketball" game called Rebound that uses physics similar to the Rebound arcade game, but has you try to shoot the ball through a set of hoops high up on the screen instead of playing volleyball against another person.<br />In addition to these 6, the white console comes with an additional basketball game that's the same as the othe rone, just with only one hoop instead of three, while the woodgrain version comes with a Breakout variant called Breakthru, where you need to clear each layer of the wall one by one (Breakthru is definitely the better value here).<br /><br />You can see gameplay videos here:<br />White version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqcDFAphThY<br />Woodgrain version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSdH1I80ESQ<br /><br />It's true that these consoles have absolutely nothing to do with the arcade game you played, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com